RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced the appointment of five business and community leaders to William & Mary’s Board of Visitors on Friday.
John Brownlee J.D. ’94, P ’22, Rob W. Estes ’74, P ’06, W. Taylor Franklin, Jennifer Tepper Mackesy ’91 and Jill Holtzman Vogel ’92 will join the board on July 1. They will fill vacancies left by S. Douglas Bunch ’02, J.D. ’06, Cynthia E. Hudson J.D. ’87, Anne Leigh Kerr ’91, J.D. ’98, former Rector John E. Littel HON ’23, P ’22 and Brian P. Woolfolk J.D. ’96.
Hudson ends her first term on the board at the end of June, and the other four will reach the end of their second terms, according to the university.
“We are delighted to welcome our five new board members,” said President Katherine A. Rowe. “As leaders in their respective fields, they bring rich management and higher education insight to William & Mary. We look forward to working with them to advance our university and its mission.
“We also extend warm thanks to our departing board members. They helped this university navigate the choppy waters of the pandemic with resilience and grace. Their partnership has been a blessing to their fellow board members, to our administration and to our entire campus community.”
Chaired by a rector, the Board of Visitors is the governing body of the university. Earlier this year, the board voted unanimously to re-elect Rector Charles Poston J.D. ’74, Vice Rector Barbara L. Johnson J.D. ’84, and Secretary Ardine Williams, according to William & Mary.
“Serving alongside the departing members of the board has been a privilege, and I am immensely grateful for their friendship and partnership,” said Poston. “I look forward to forming similar friendships and partnerships with our new board members as we work together to advance the mission of the university in service of the Commonwealth and the nation.”
Read biographies of new and departing board members on W&M News.
